New laser method gives insight into radioactive atomic nuclei

By directing pulses of laser light at atoms, researchers can study how radioactive elements decay in a matter of seconds. The ...

Looking deep inside quarks: CMS test probes to 10⁻²⁰ meters and finds no inner structure

According to our current understanding of the universe, quarks are fundamental, point-like particles: basic building blocks ...

Ultrasensitive test reveals evidence of previously undetected tuberculosis in hospital patients

Researchers at Boston University have discovered an unexpectedly high prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA (TB DNA) ...

Simple and Cheap Blood Test Could Detect Cancer and Other Diseases Before Symptoms Appear

MethylScan is a low-cost blood test that detects cancers and organ diseases by analyzing DNA methylation, improving early diagnosis, and identifying disease origin.
Frontiers

Advances in Non-Animal Toxicity Testing: Integrating Mechanistic Insights through In Vitro and In Silico Approaches

This Research Topic will showcase advances in non-animal toxicology that improve the mechanistic understanding and predictive assessment of chemical safety.
UC San Diego Today

Using Physics, Engineers Create Fentanyl Test Strips That Are 100 Times More Sensitive

Comparison of fentanyl test strips shows the research team’s enhanced strips (bottom) alongside commercial versions (top). In ...
The Debrief

Scientists Create Light Inside the Human Body Using Waves of Ultrasound

Stanford scientists have used nanoparticles and an ultrasound 'hat' to generate non-invasive, therapeutic light inside the ...